Read article – An article that mentions The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is one of the many institutions that fund a program at Gossler Park Elementary School in Manchester, N.H., called The Leader in Me, a program based on the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey, as part of a Neighborhood Health Improvement Strategy initiated this fall.

Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the increase in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer and how thyroid nodules may show cancer, but are generally considered unlikely to cause harm.

Read Article –  Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, Community and Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, is quoted about how TV personality Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, has been hired by the drugmaker AstraZeneca as a paid spokesperson and it presents conflict-of-interest problems. “These campaigns create a blurriness between marketing and public health messages,” says Woloshin. “People tend to view them with less skepticism, particularly when there is a trusted celebrity spokesperson.”

Read article – Quotes Stephen Bartels, professor of psychiatry, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new population health initiative at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (D-H) that is developing innovative ways of delivering care, and accelerating the process for implementing those innovations, in a “collaborative living laboratory” known as the Population Health Collaboratory.

Read Article – Quotes Adrienne Faerber, research project manager at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how the voice actors in drug commercials narrate the side effects in a deliberately dull, understated tone. “There’s no requirement for [drug manufacturers] to present things in a way that’s cognitively engaging,” says Farber.

Read Article – Continued coverage of comments by Julie Bynum, associate professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study from the Dartmouth Atlas project that examined where in the country the most progress is being made to improve health care for the nation’s growing number of older adults.

Read Article – Quotes Adrienne Faerber, research project manager at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the narration of side-effects in drug ad commercials and how ads often present the information in a deliberately dull manner, set to “slow, swelling string music,” and with a languid, understated narration. “There’s no requirement for [drug manufacturers] to present things in a way that’s cognitively engaging,” says Faerber.

Read Article – Quotes Julie Bynum, associate professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a new study from the Dartmouth Atlas project that found Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions spend what amounts to one month each year in a doctor’s office, hospital, or some other healthcare venue but often do not receive well-coordinated or evidence-based care.

Read Article – Features research conducted by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice which analyzed Medicare data to find patterns of where medical care is both good and bad, and found where the aging and ill can receive the best health care.

Read Article – Quotes Elizabeth Talbot, associate professor of medicine, about how “very active investigations” into a causal link between Zika and birth defects are under way now. Talbot notes that the scientific community shouldn’t expect to arrive at definitive conclusions for three to six months.